Mr Sudarshan Munigangaiah is a consultant adult and paediatric spinal surgeon at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and Fellowship Director at both. He has been a consultant at the two hospitals since 2016.
MBBS · MRCSI · MSc (Tr&Orth) · MCh (Tr&Orth) · FRCS (Tr&Orth) · European Spine Diploma
2016
Consultant since
3 countries
Trained in India, Ireland and the UK
2 fellowships
EuroSpine, plus paediatric and adult spine
5+ societies
BASS · EuroSpine · SRS · AO Spine · BSS
HIS STORY
Born and raised in Bangalore, Mr Munigangaiah graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences before completing basic surgical training and trauma and orthopaedic training in Ireland. Two prestigious fellowships followed: the EuroSpine-accredited European Spine Diploma at Galway University Hospitals, and a combined paediatric and adult post-CCT spine fellowship at RJAH Oswestry and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Since 2016 he has been a consultant at both institutions, caring for the full spectrum of spinal conditions, from degenerative disease, deformity and scoliosis through to tumours, trauma and infection, in adults and children alike.
CAREER JOURNEY
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Basic surgical training and trauma and orthopaedic training, Republic of Ireland
EuroSpine-accredited European Spine Diploma, Galway University Hospitals
Combined paediatric and adult post-CCT spine fellowship, Oswestry and Liverpool
Consultant spinal surgeon at RJAH and Alder Hey, now training the next generation of UK spinal surgeons
TEACHING & RESEARCH
As Fellowship Director at RJAH and Alder Hey, Mr Munigangaiah trains post-CCT spinal surgeons from across the UK. His research interests include cervical myelopathy, spinal metastatic disease, early onset and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, spondylolisthesis and degenerative deformity, with active studies contributing to public understanding of spinal health.
Cervical myelopathy · Metastatic spine disease · Early onset scoliosis · Adolescent scoliosis · Spondylolisthesis · Degenerative deformity
“Every spine and every patient is different. My job is to find the least invasive path back to quality of life.”
Mr Sudarshan Munigangaiah
BEYOND THE CLINIC
Mr Munigangaiah lives in Shrewsbury with his wife, a Shropshire-based diabetes and endocrinology specialist, and their twin daughters. Away from the operating theatre he enjoys travelling and horse riding, and remains closely involved in local health education.
